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{{short description|British actor (1927β2008)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}} {{refimprove|date=September 2011}} {{Infobox person | name = Brian Wilde | image = Portrait_of_Brian_Wilde.png | birth_name = Brian George Wilde | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1927|06|13}} | birth_place = [[Ashton-under-Lyne]], [[Lancashire]], England | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2008|03|20|1927|06|13}} | death_place = [[Ware, Hertfordshire|Ware]], [[Hertfordshire]], England | resting_place = Harwood Park Crematorium, [[Stevenage, Hertfordshire|Stevenage]], Hertfordshire, England | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1953β1997 | spouse = {{marriage|Eva Stuart|1960}} | children = 2 }} [[File:BrianWildePlaque.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Brian Wilde [[blue plaque]] in [[Ashton-under-Lyne]]]] '''Brian George Wilde''' (13 June 1927 β 20 March 2008) was an English actor best known for his roles in [[television comedy]], most notably Mr Barrowclough in ''[[Porridge (1974 TV series)|Porridge]]'' and Walter "Foggy" Dewhurst in ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Tribute To Brian Wilde - Blue Plaque unveiled on 11 March 2011 By the Wilde family |url=https://www.tameside.gov.uk/blueplaque/brianwilde.pdf |publisher=Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council |access-date=21 March 2024}}</ref> Although tall, his gentle demeanour became his hallmark. His lugubrious world-weary face was a staple of British television for forty years.
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